Wire fabric.



UNITED STATES Patented April 12, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI M. BROOK, OF PEKIN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN TRUSS FENCE COMPANY, OF PEKIN, ILLINOIS.

' WIRE FAHBRIOC.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 757,254, dated April 12, 1904.

Application filed March 25, 1903. Serial No. 1%,522. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEVI M. BRocK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pekin, in the county of Tazewell and State of Illinois,

have invented new and useful Improvements and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The drawing shows an elevation of a portion of a fence fabric embodying the features of my invention, and the numeral 1 designates stays which are arranged in vertical position and consist of heavy wires of a sufficient length, having wires 2 of a smaller diameter coiled thereon, the said coils extending the entire length of wires 1, said coils of the wires 2 being regularly spaced apart and held in close binding contact in relation to the wires 1. The stays are arranged at suitable distances apart, and connected thereto are a series of horizontal cables 3, each composed of two strands of wires twisted together throughout their lengths and arranged at suitable distances apart on said stays, the twist between the adjacent stays being in reverse directions and one of the strands of the other cable being in contact with the larger wires of the stays between the coils thereon and the other strand of said cable being in contact with a coil on said larger wires.

The improved fabric forming the gist of this invention has yielding movement only through the medium of a resiliency existing in the runners or cables in a horizontal direction and parallel with the ground.

By solidifying the structure of the stays the fabric is prevented from sagging or becoming misshapen in view of the fact that the stays are composed of solid inner wires and an outer winding, which obstructs bending tendency-of the stays and at the same time provides means fonmore thoroughly securing the runners or horizontal cables to the said stays. By winding wire of small gage around the stays the latter are stiifened, and obstruction to bending ensues in view of the fact that the winding wire is in spiral relation or has its direction continually changing on the stays.

The wire used in the winding 2-and the inner wires .1 of the several stays may be varied in proportion as to dimensions relatively to the general dimensions of the fabric or the surface for which it is intended, and it will be understood also that the stays, as well as the runners or cables, may be spaced apart from each other any desired distance.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A fence fabric comprising vertically arranged stay-wires, each having a wire of less diameter coiled thereon, and a series of hori zontal cables each composed of two strands of wires twisted together throughout their lengths and arranged at suitable distances apart on said stays, the twist between adjacent stays being in reverse directions and one of the strands of the cables being in contact with the larger wiresbetween the coils thereon and the other strand of said cable being in contact with a coil on said larger wires.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVI M. BROOK.

Witnesses:

BEN Horn, J r., G. W. CUNNINGHAM. 

